The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-12-22
JCNIUS E. CHAPMAN.
a Fitting Tribute to A Noble Man.
Orlando, Fla. Sentinel.

Scarcely have we ever been called
upon to chronicle the death Of any
one who was a nobler specimen of
manhood or who was more univer-
sally esteemed and honored than
the subject of this brief sketch.
Junius E. Chapman is dead; after a
brief illness lasting only about five
days he closed his eyes to all earth
ly things last Sunday morning and
his Christian soul took it's flight to
other and better worlds. No death
has ever occurred in our midst that
was more deeply or mora generally
regretted than his. His place at
the freside can never be filled; his
church feels her afliction by his
death and looks around in vain to
find one to supply his place in her
Sunday school; his employer does
not look for or expect to find one to
fill the place he so long occupied in
his store; his associates and friends
find a vacancy III their social pleas
ures that none but Junius E. Chap
man could supply; the afflicted
wife-a wife Of only two short
months-;s crushed by the loss that
knows no equal; and the sweet
fatherless and :notaerGess children
-four bright and beautiful girls
from seven to ff:zen years of age
mourn in untold agony the death
of him whom they loved and hon
ored so much. Truly was he
model Christian, a model cor an
ion, model business man, a model
hus and a model father-the
highest tributes attainable by man.
He was generous and charitable to
all-kind to fault always cheer
ful-never displaying bad temper
under the most trying circumstan-
ces-and in every particular>a gen.
tleman that had few equals and no
superiors.
MIR. Chapman came to Orlando in
1884 from his native town, New
berry, S. c., at which place be was
salesman for one. of the leading
business houses Of that place for
over eight years; he came to Orlan-
do to accept a position with Messrs.
C. A. Boone & Co., with whom he
remained until his death. No.
salesman was ever esteemed more
highly by his employer than was
Mr.. Chapman, and scarcely anyone
feels his loss r'ore keen9y than does
Mr.. Booze, his emplayer. Mr..
Chapman :zes married a second
time on the 9Th of last October to
Miss ANA B. Kinkead: most
excellent and accomplished lady
from Columbia, S. c., formerly OF
Brooklyn, N. Y; he mad but a
short time before completed one
of the prettiest homes in Orlando
and nothing but a beautiful, pros
porous and happy life seemed to
spread out before him. He was q
member of the Lutheran church,
but as there is no church ofthis de-
nomination in Orlando he had. been
an energetic co-operator with the
Presbyterian ever since he came to
Orlando. He was one of the most
highly priced Sunday-school teach
ers and in every particular most
valuable cc-worker. He was a
member of TIE Knights of Honor,
the Knights and. Ladies of Honor,
and the Masonic fraternity. His
life was insured in the Mutual Life
Insurance Company, Of New York,
for $1,000 and il is possible that he
had other insurance in lodges to the
amount of $1,000. We are proud
to be able to state that be left his
family in comfortable circumstan-
ces, so great was his wisdom while
he lived. His funeral took place on
Monday afternoon at the Methodist
church, after which his remains
we're inferred in the city cemetery
It was one of the largest attended
funerals ever held in Orlando.
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